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Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
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Date: 
Sat, 25 Dec 1999 15:41:16 GMT
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Larry Pieniazek <lar@voyager.net> wrote:
library with me is out, that only leaves borrowing individual books. Run
the numbers here with me, if you would. I have to get to the library in
my home town, when it's open... rummage around for a best seller, which
won't be there, and then get on the waiting list, go back again when it
comes in, and go back AGAIN when I'm done. That's three trips.

True, that can be a problem. You can skip the first part by using an online
catalog, though. Most decent-sized libraries have them these days.


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  Re: Science Fiction (was Re: Transit Time to Mars)
 
(...) Last time I checked, most libraries don't fit in the overhead compartment, much less under the seat in front of you. :-) So taking the library with me is out, that only leaves borrowing individual books. Run the numbers here with me, if you (...) (25 years ago, 25-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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